According to a story by CTV Winnipeg, a newly enacted lawn care pesticide ban is driving up lawn care costs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
"Our product costs have gone up 700%,” says David Hinton, president of Weed Man Winnipeg. “That's a big change for everybody. And it's not just the product costs. It's the way we apply it, the equipment we need, the maintenance on that equipment. Everything changes."
A mandate by the provincial government requires companies to use eco-friendly alternatives that can cost more.
But the government says the pesticide ban was the right move to make.
"This is about protecting children,” says conservation minister Gord Mackintosh. “The science is saying very clearly that we have to reduce pesticide exposure to kids."
